October 2025
Work has begun on a compact bathroom in Peckham. The layout explores different ways to fit both a shower and a bath into a limited space, balancing practicality with a calm and simple atmosphere. Reviewing our options before moving into the next stage of design.
November 2025
Early design work has commenced to renovate the former home of designer Max Clendinning, a richly layered, characterful house filled with playful postmodern details. The work will be a careful balance of restoration and reinterpretation, engaging with what’s already there and finding ways for new elements to sit comfortably alongside Max’s distinctive designs.
August 2025
A new planning application submitted for a loft extension in a South East London conservation area. Adding an extra bedroom to a one bed flat. With limited headroom, a new mezzanine floor creates a new kitchen dining room within the roof, overlooking the trees and the trains whilst bringing light and air into a dark north facing living room.
July 2025
The West London loft extension is nearing completion. The new oak-framed windows are now installed, bringing warmth and weight to the space and framing views into the surrounding trees. The project has been a careful process of working within the existing roof structure, using simple carpentry and solid materials to create a calm, functional space with a few carefully detailed oak elements.
June 2025
Design work is underway for a new multigenerational family home in Jamaica. The project explores passive cooling strategies and a close relationship with the surrounding garden. A long timber veranda provides shade and outdoor living space, while the solid body of the house helps regulate temperature and draw in cool air from the garden.
May 2025
The lantern structures are now complete. Each one brings the window right up to the ceiling, allowing the light reflected from the river to spread across the flat roof like a canvas. The structure is unique, the rafters and columns form a single continuous frame, with an insulated, ventilated flat roof above. The result is a soft, shifting play of light that changes through the day.
April 2025
I’ve been developing the landscape design around the Cork Cabins, focusing on how the buildings sit among the existing mature trees. The two cabins are tucked into the garden, opening onto small clearings while remaining sheltered by foliage. From outside, only the lanterns peek above the hedges, giving glimpses of light and movement from within.
March 2025
A recent collaboration with a young family on the design of their ambitious DIY extension. The layout touches the existing building lightly, celebrating the materials and textures already present. A simple wraparound timber structure keeps the build lightweight, low impact, and achievable with minimal intervention.
Each project begins as a conversation, a process of listening, collaborating and testing to uncover what makes a place special and how it can evolve. Through careful design and a shared creative process, I help clients explore new ways of thinking about their homes and how they live within them.
I believe good architecture comes from an understanding of how things are made, from the craft of construction to the origins of materials and their impact on the environment. Every design is an opportunity to work more locally and responsibly, combining clarity and practicality with a deep respect for the natural world.
I work on projects of all scales, from small changes that transform the way a home feels, to complete new builds. The service is flexible and can be tailored to suit your needs from a full design process, guiding you from the first sketch to the finished building, to one-off consultations to explore ideas or resolve specific challenges.
MArch · BA (Hons) Architecture
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Sunbury-on-Thames
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Chiswick, London
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Cambridge
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Islington, London
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